Useful German:
- Feierabend: a festive frame of mind at the end of a working day
- Drachenfutter: (“dragon fodder”) a peace offering to a wife from a guilty husband
- Fachmensch: a narrow specialist
- Fingerspitzengefühl: (“fingertipfeel”) intuitive sensibility, confident sureness of touch
- fisselig: nagged and flustered to the point of incompetence
- pomadig: “like hair oil,” able to slip through difficulties
- Verschlimmbesserung: an intended improvement that has made things worse
- Stammplatz: a favorite usual spot, as a table at a café
- Torschlusspanik: (“gate closing panic”) fear that time is running out to act
- Zivilcourage: courage to stand up for what is right
- Zwischenraum: the space between things
A word on German's could create - Schandenfreude: Malicious joy in the misfortune of others.
ReplyDeleteVerschlimmbesserung strikes me as a very handy word for the corporate workplace.
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